The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 505
| Serial | Franklin Stone’s psionic transmitter proves as effective as anticipated. However, Prof. Preston Dibble and Jenny Clearfield are more than a match for mad science: Bill Bowler, Psychotropic Attack, part 3; conclusion. |
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| Short Stories |
New contributor Scathe meic Beorh finds horror in a biology laboratory: The Nascent Scream. New contributor David F. Daumit proposes that extreme measures may be needed to protect the world from pure good and evil: Parity, part 1; conclusion. Young Johnny is an able worker, but he’s a man of few words. All the better, because his actions are more effective than anything he might say: Mike Florian, Making Things Right. It’s a good idea to buy the full insurance package on a rental car if it may be besieged by an Irish goblin: Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, Mighty Cleofgharran Rules the Night. |
| Flash Fiction |
‘I regard myself as chief in charge of elucidating meaning from my conscientious rendering of personal thoughts, words and deeds’: Channie Greenberg, Sleep Aids Guaranteed. |
| Poetry | Hongping Liu, The Cost of Love |
| Short Poetry |
Rebecca Lu Kiernan, Nibiru’s Cuckold |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Scathe meic Beorh and David F. Daumit. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 505 finds itself In a Pickle. |
| Editorial | Bill Bowler, The Strugatsky Brothers |
| Letters | Donald Schneider, About “Jonathan,” et al. |
| The Art Gallery |
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Sky and Telescope, This Week’s Sky at a Glance |
Randomly selected Bewildering motto:
Randomly selected classic rejection notice:
Bewildering Stories’ official mottoes:
“Poems are not made with ideas; they are made with words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé
Ars longa, vita brevis. Rough translation: “Proofreading never ends.”
To Bewildering Stories’ schedule: In Times to Come
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